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book GREEK BROADCASTING published by Radio Karayianni in 1952。
His shack was in the basement workshop at 17a； Bucharest Street in
Athens； an address which became known world…wide as the first QSL
bureau for Greece。
The gang of enthusiasts who met at Bill's included Nasos Coucoulis
SV1SM； Aghis Cazazis SV1CA； Nick Katselis SV1NK； Mikes Paidousi
SV1MP； Pol Psomiadis SV1AZ （now N2DOE） and the writer of these
memoirs； SV1RX。 Of course all visiting amateurs made a beeline for the
shack in the basement。 As most of our contacts were with the U。S。A。 we
were usually up most of the night because of the 7…hour difference with
Eastern Standard Time。 None of us had motor…cars and public transport
was not available during the night hours so we all got plenty of exercise
walking back to our respective houses。
Bill was closely in touch with two men who played a very important
role in the development of amateur radio in Greece。 I am referring to
Stefanos Eleftheriou who was Section Head for Telecommunications at the
Ministry （Greek initials T。T。T。）。； and to Captain Kyriakos Pezopoulos；
Director of D。R。Y。N。 （Greek initials for Directorate of the Wireless
Service of the Navy）。 The long wave spark transmitter at Votanikos； a
suburb of Athens； （callsign SXA） had been built by the Marconi company
before World
（Bill Tavaniotis died of cancer in 1948。）
4。 Harry Barnett G2AIQ （formerly SV1WE）。
In July 1946； Harry Barnett； a Royal Air Force officer attached to the
Press Department of the British Embassy in Athens obtained an
experimental transmitting licence from the W/T section of the Ministry of
Posts & Telegraphs； with the callsign SV1WE。 At that time he was living
in a flat in Athens and could not put up an antenna； so it was not until June
1947 that he became active。
The terms of his licence were in themselves rather strange； one might
even say quite 'experimental'； the final paragraph reading： 〃This
experimental research must be carried out as follows：…
1。 With a maximum power of 50 watts。 2。 In the frequency bands
（harmonics） 130； 260； 520 Mc/s。 3。 In the frequency bands 28 Mc/s and 56
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Mc/s。 4。 With the call sign SV1WE。〃
From June 1947 until April 1948 Harry worked 61 countries； mostly
on phone in the 10 & 20 metre bands； at a time when there were not many
stations on the air … a minute fraction of the millions now active。
He used a National HRO receiver he had got off a scrap heap which
he modified to take the efficient EF50 valves in the R。F。 stages and EF39s
in the I。F。
The transmitter was completely 'home brew'； consisting of a metal
6L6 Franklin oscillator on 3。5 MHz followed by two more 6L6s doubling
to 14 MHz。 In the final amplifier stage Harry used a Telefunken pentode；
the famous and very efficient RL12P35 which was used in the German
tank transmitters in all stages； oscillator； P。A。 and audio
amplifier/suppressor grid modulator。 He adopted the same method of
modulation using a record player amplifier and an Astatic crystal
microphone。
W。A。C。 was achieved by February 1948 with about 50 watts of R。F。
into a simple dipole antenna。 During the ten months that SV1WE was
active 750 QSL cards were sent out。 Of the 61 countries worked only 49
were confirmed。
Today （1989） Harry is still regularly on the air under his original
callsign G2AIQ which was first issued to him on the 1st of January 1938；
51 years ago。
5。 George Yiapapas （formerly SV1GY）。
George Yiapapas is a Greek amateur who was very active for over 25
years yet nobody seems to have heard of him。 In 1935 George and his
father Costas built a one…valve transmitter using a type 59 pentode with
suppressor grid modulation； and succeeded in contacting most of the
world with this QRP rig。 The electron coupled oscillator could not have
put more than 4 or 5 watts into the antenna。
After the war George went to Jordan in 1956 to work for Cable &
Wireless the English company which operated the old Eastern Telegraph
cable network。 He used the callsign JY1GY for about a year and was then
transferred to Tripoli in the Kingdom of Lybia； during the reign of King
Idris； where he obtained an official licence with the call 5A3TA。
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In 1960 he was again transferred； this time to Kuwait； where he
operated the equipment of Mohamet Behbehani 9K2AM for over six years。
George now has a small shop in Piraeus； the port of Athens and is no
longer active on the amateur bands。
6。 Stefanos Eleftheriou （1895…1979）。
Stefanos Eleftheriou； Head of the Telecommmunications section of
the Ministry of Posts & Telegraphs （Greek initials T。T。T。） played a vital
role in the early development of amateur radio in Greece。
When he returned from Switzerland； where he had studied Electrical
Engineering； he had to do his compulsory military service which had been
deferred while he was completing his education。 A friend of his told him
〃Don't go into the Army； join the Navy； they have an amazing wireless
station at Votanikos with which they can contact the Fleet anywhere in the
world〃。 As it happened there was a vacancy for an officer and Stefanos
together with another young man called Nikolis faced a Selection Board of
naval officers who really didn't know what qualifications they were
looking for。 He was successful whereas Nikolis went to the Ministry of
Posts & Telegraphs where he ended up as Director…General many years
later。
The MARCONI COMPANY of England had built an impressive
wireless station for the Greek Royal Navy at Votanikos； a suburb of
Athens。 There was a transmitter which operated on 600 metres and a larger
one on long waves above 2；000 metres which used the callsign SXA。
Stefanos told me how he was summoned by the Directo